cigarette

Definitions

1. A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking
2. A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
3. To give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them
4. a narrow, short roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, usu. wrapped in thin paper.
5. a roll of tobacco leaves for smoking. sigaar سيجار пура charuto doutník die Zigarre cigar πούροpuro sigar سیگار برگ sikari cigareסיגר चुरुट, सिगार cigara szivar cerutu vindill sigaro 葉巻き 엽궐련 cigaras cigārs curut sigaarsigarcygaro سېار (دڅكولو دپاره دتمباكو نه او ږد جوړشوى شى charuto trabuc сигара cigara cigara cigareta cigarr ซิการ์ puro 雪茄煙 сигара سگار điếu xì gà 雪茄烟
6. a tube of finely cut tobacco rolled in thin paper. sigaret سيجاره цигара cigarro cigareta die Zigarette cigaret τσιγάροcigarro sigaret سیگار savuke cigaretteסיגריה सिगरेट cigareta cigaretta rokok sígaretta sigaretta 巻きたばこ 지궐련 cigaretė cigarete rokok sigaretsigarettpapieros سګريټ cigarro ţigară сигарета cigareta cigareta tompus cigarrett บุหรี่ sigara 香煙 цигарка; сигарета سیگریٹ điếu thuốc lá 香烟
7. cigarro, cigarrillo.
8. A small roll of finely cut tobacco for smoking, enclosed in a wrapper of thin paper.
9. A similar roll of another substance, such as a tobacco substitute or marijuana.
10. (Recreational Drugs) a short tightly rolled cylinder of tobacco, wrapped in thin paper and often having a filter tip, for smoking. Shortened forms: cig or ciggy
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11. A. N → cigarrillo m, cigarro mhe had a cigarette → (se) fumó un cigarrillo or cigarro
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12. B. CPD cigarette ash N → ceniza f de cigarrillocigarette card N → cromo m (coleccionable)cigarette case N → pitillera f, cigarrera f (LAm)cigarette end N → colilla fcigarette holder N → boquilla fcigarette lighter N → encendedor m, mechero mcigarette machine N → máquina f de tabacocigarette paper N → papel m de fumar
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13. n → Zigarette f
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Examples

“No matter⟳ how early I came down, I would find⟳ him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say⟳ that his master would shortly join⟳ me if I would kindly wait⟳.”

“He rose to light⟳ my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.”

“Tobacconist: Right. I want⟳ to try⟳ you on a course of these: one twenty times a day. Have⟳ you taken them before? Patient: Um, what is it? Tobacconist: It's a simple nicotinal arsenous monoxid preparation taken bronchially as an infumation. Patient: Infumation? Tobacconist: Yes, you just light⟳ the end⟳ and breathe⟳ it. Patient: What, like⟳ cigarettes? Tobacconist: You know⟳ them then. Actually, it's a bit hard to admit⟳ but they're basically an herbal remedy... A leaf originally from the Americas, I believe⟳, called tobacco. Patient: But medicated? Tobacconist: Medicated? No. Patient: These are ordinary cigarettes? Tobacconist: That's right. Patient: But they're terribly bad for you, aren't they? Tobacconist: I hardly think⟳ I would be prescribing them if they were bad for you. Patient: Twenty a day? Tobacconist: Yes, ideally moving on to about thirty or forty.”

“Grandma has an occasional cigarette, as well as Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Julie, and our kids give⟳ them crap about it.”

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